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harry reid needs to do his. [applause] >> president obama is calling on house republicans to reopen the federal government and stop their efforts to delay or defund the federal health care law. he also noted that tuesday was the first day americans could enroll in health insurance exchanges under the health care law. this is 20 minutes. good morning, everybody. night, can last everybody hear me? night, for thet first time in 17 years, the republicans in congress chose to shut down the federal government. one faction of one party in one house of congress in one branch of government shut down major parts of the government all because they did not like one law. this republican shut down did not have to happen. i want every american to understand why it did happen. in the house of representatives refused to fund the government unless we defunded or dismantled the affordable care act. they have shut down and government over an ideological crusade to deny affordable health insurance to millions of americans. they dema
harry reid needs to do his. [applause] >> president obama is calling on house republicans to reopen the federal government and stop their efforts to delay or defund the federal health care law. he also noted that tuesday was the first day americans could enroll in health insurance exchanges under the health care law. this is 20 minutes. good morning, everybody. night, can last everybody hear me? night, for thet first time in 17 years, the republicans in congress chose to shut down the...
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senator harry reid was prepared to move forward. even mitch mcconnell seemed he was like to move forward and individual republican senators said it was absurdity for the house republicans to be demanding house conferences and then they had the opportunity to do it and nothing is forth coming from the other side of the aisle. why is that the case? we have now figured it out. because you knew that the demand that you would make, because you are following a script from the junior senator from texas and others, would have been so extreme at a conference committee, that it would have been a futile legislative exercise, and you did not want that to be exposed to the american people. i think that's one of the only other conclusions we can draw at this moment with the benefit of behindsight with why in the world a conference committee was never appointed even though that is something you had been demanding, my good friends on the other side of the aisle, for the previous two years. and so the american people aren't going to be fooled by the
senator harry reid was prepared to move forward. even mitch mcconnell seemed he was like to move forward and individual republican senators said it was absurdity for the house republicans to be demanding house conferences and then they had the opportunity to do it and nothing is forth coming from the other side of the aisle. why is that the case? we have now figured it out. because you knew that the demand that you would make, because you are following a script from the junior senator from...
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the president and john both, and harry reid. he needs to just shut up, all of them, and sit down and work out something together. this is ridiculous, for them to act like kids. i am sorry. i am from missouri, and you know what? you have got to show me. i think they better start. bette next,o to democrats whine, florida. i are both inand our 80's, and our biggest concern this week and weeks before this is the fear i hear in the senior citizens that are calling you about the obama care. they actually are frightened of this. and it just is unbelievable to me, because brian lamb had a great interview on c-span. cosgrove, whooby is the ceo of cleveland clinic. he was marvelous. could you please see that they play that again? acause people have to be little educated. dr. cosgrove went on to say how the medical care and everything does need a change. he said, there will be changes in the obama care when it gets going. back and not sit be so afraid that something is really going to hurt them, because it is not. it is just adding more he
the president and john both, and harry reid. he needs to just shut up, all of them, and sit down and work out something together. this is ridiculous, for them to act like kids. i am sorry. i am from missouri, and you know what? you have got to show me. i think they better start. bette next,o to democrats whine, florida. i are both inand our 80's, and our biggest concern this week and weeks before this is the fear i hear in the senior citizens that are calling you about the obama care. they...
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. >> in a news briefing, senate majority harry reid called on house speaker john boehner two and the shutdown by bringing up a spending bill for a vote. he also looks ahead to the race of the federal debt ceiling. this is a half-hour. >> we have a very simple message today for speaker banner. let the house stop those irresponsible record gains and react to the government. he single-handedly is keeping the government shut. some recent stories have even suggested that the speaker is keeping the government shutdown because experience. if that is true, i'm sorry if i hurt your feelings. but we shouldn't take it out on hundreds of thousands of americans who are out of work. they are really suffering. i can only imagine what leaders around the world must think. i met yesterday -- very briefly i had to go to the white house to spend time with the greek prime minister. i had talked to him on the phone before. i was kind of embarrassed. the greek government is having a lot of problems and going on about our problems? we shouldn't be a dysfunctional government. there is no reason to be other t
. >> in a news briefing, senate majority harry reid called on house speaker john boehner two and the shutdown by bringing up a spending bill for a vote. he also looks ahead to the race of the federal debt ceiling. this is a half-hour. >> we have a very simple message today for speaker banner. let the house stop those irresponsible record gains and react to the government. he single-handedly is keeping the government shut. some recent stories have even suggested that the speaker is...
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harry reid ought to take it up today. thank you very much. youe do you think that should keep your paycheck during the shutdown? >> the majority leader and his house colleagues will be coming in tomorrow at 10:00 eastern for morning our speeches and legislative work tomorrow at noon eastern. the senate is in a 10:30 tomorrow. the house here on c-span, the senate on c-span2. the majority leader's office has released the schedule for tomorrow. we will see debate on two of the 11 bills tomorrow, and those two are the national emergency and disaster recovery act, and also the bill dealing with nutrition assistance for low income women and children. tomorrow, each gets 40 minutes of debate. they will start that debate sometime after noon eastern tomorrow. one quick twitter note before we get to your calls. this is from nbc washington about today's shooting. they say the capitol police officer injured in today's incident has been released from washington medstar. in edgewater,l florida, on the independent line. thanks for waiting. go ahead with you
harry reid ought to take it up today. thank you very much. youe do you think that should keep your paycheck during the shutdown? >> the majority leader and his house colleagues will be coming in tomorrow at 10:00 eastern for morning our speeches and legislative work tomorrow at noon eastern. the senate is in a 10:30 tomorrow. the house here on c-span, the senate on c-span2. the majority leader's office has released the schedule for tomorrow. we will see debate on two of the 11 bills...
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reid -- senate majority leader harry reid. [applause] [applause] >> good afternoon. and a good afternoon it is on this day when we begin the enrollment of the affordable care act. how exciting. it's an honor to be here with each and every one of you. are some of our colleagues and special guests and of course leader reid. thank you to our friends from organized labor who were here. a few people i want to mention lee saunders from afscme. [applause] and mary kay henry from sci you. [applause] imagine if you had been there when social security was enacted would that not have been so thrilling or to have been there when medicare became the law of the land. actually chairman dingell and senator rangel word. social security and medicare have been our health and economic security transforming the lives of millions of americans who have worked hard to earn the security and the decades of dreaming of health care reform we have added a third pillar of security, the affordable care act. [applause] to make health care a right for all, no
reid -- senate majority leader harry reid. [applause] [applause] >> good afternoon. and a good afternoon it is on this day when we begin the enrollment of the affordable care act. how exciting. it's an honor to be here with each and every one of you. are some of our colleagues and special guests and of course leader reid. thank you to our friends from organized labor who were here. a few people i want to mention lee saunders from afscme. [applause] and mary kay henry from sci you....
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i salute harry reid for holding his caucus together like we have held hours. -- ours. >> yesterday you circulated a letter calling for a clean cr. i wonder if you were giving that to republicans. >> they are welcome to sign on. the republicans said no to their own number. every democrat voted no. most of them are coming forward saying they want a clean cr. they haven't abandoned their leadership by voting on the floor, but i think they would like to support the bill. you always get a turn. i will come back to you. >> you were at that meeting for almost an hour and a half and apparently made almost no progress. how is that even possible? >> i don't know how you. rise the meeting, but i did not see it as a meeting that did not make progress. progress is made when you don't waste your time on skirting the issue. i am always proud of the president, as you know, but he was very clear about our constitution, the role of congress, and how we have to respect each person's responsibility. we believe it is a responsibility of congress to pay bills and to pass bills that would keep it open. we ha
i salute harry reid for holding his caucus together like we have held hours. -- ours. >> yesterday you circulated a letter calling for a clean cr. i wonder if you were giving that to republicans. >> they are welcome to sign on. the republicans said no to their own number. every democrat voted no. most of them are coming forward saying they want a clean cr. they haven't abandoned their leadership by voting on the floor, but i think they would like to support the bill. you always get...
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reid would object. god forbid we see an attack on the united states because of the intelligence committee does not adequately funded. and then we can all come together but then to fully fund the department of defense in the hope majority leader harry response to the %ln in response to the candid and heartfelt recommendation that dr. clapper presented today. doctor -- general alexander when asked if 20 records of all americans would testify i believe quoted as a nation's best interest to put all code records into a lock box and weaken certain when the nation needs to do it. besides the phone records were the records to believe the federal government should be doing? >> i cannot think of any right now. they give for the question because we did not have foreign brodeur i did not think of other bulk records that we would need like the phone but i do think fazio look at the phone data that is the question releasing the intel committee today what they understood of the vocational data and the requirements, a
reid would object. god forbid we see an attack on the united states because of the intelligence committee does not adequately funded. and then we can all come together but then to fully fund the department of defense in the hope majority leader harry response to the %ln in response to the candid and heartfelt recommendation that dr. clapper presented today. doctor -- general alexander when asked if 20 records of all americans would testify i believe quoted as a nation's best interest to put all...
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that is followed by comments from majority leader harry reid, republican reader unchain leader mitch mcconnell, kelley ayotte, jeff sessions and dick durbin among others. the next majority leader. >> myra marx the senate be a period of morning business for debate only until 2:00 p.m. today. during that time, senators will be allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. mr. president, following -- suggestion and prayer at merle black, i want to take a few minutes to talk about senate decorum, senate procedure. this is constructive criticism for the entire senate and self-criticism for me. mr. president, i think we have all here in the senate kind of the aura of robert byrd, who was such a stickler for senate procedure. i think we have all let things get away from us a little bit. the senate is a very special place with very particular rules. these rules help to keep debate on centers that will come even discussing matters in which senators completely disagree. one of those rules concerning how we address each other here in the senate. the practice we observe is that when senator speak
that is followed by comments from majority leader harry reid, republican reader unchain leader mitch mcconnell, kelley ayotte, jeff sessions and dick durbin among others. the next majority leader. >> myra marx the senate be a period of morning business for debate only until 2:00 p.m. today. during that time, senators will be allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. mr. president, following -- suggestion and prayer at merle black, i want to take a few minutes to talk about senate...
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reid is expected to lay the government funding bill before the senate. we could see a roll call vote occur shortly after 2:00 eastern time. earlier today when the house gaveled in, this morning speaker boehner in the house talked about the status of the impending government shutdown. we'll take a look at that before the senate gavels in. >> without objection, the gentleman is recognized -- >> mr. speaker, my colleagues as i travel around my district and travel around the country, the american people are worried about their job. they're worried about their incomes rising. because they're all under pressure. the economy's not growing. why isn't it growing? one of the issues that's standing in the way is obamacare. the fact that nobody knows what the rules are, employers scared to death the hire new employees, cutting the hours of many of their current employees, and for what reason? this law is not ready for prime time. the house has done its work. we passed a bill on saturday night, sent it to the united states senate that would delay obamacare for one ye
reid is expected to lay the government funding bill before the senate. we could see a roll call vote occur shortly after 2:00 eastern time. earlier today when the house gaveled in, this morning speaker boehner in the house talked about the status of the impending government shutdown. we'll take a look at that before the senate gavels in. >> without objection, the gentleman is recognized -- >> mr. speaker, my colleagues as i travel around my district and travel around the country,...
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reid and the majority leader, all that hard work goes to nothing unless we in the house get a bill to cross the finish line. first of all, let me say the democrats and house are more unified than ever to pass an immigration bill and have it signed by the president. everyone knows a bill is forthcoming to unify democrats perhaps this week are i will absolutely be signed on with him to show that democrats are pushing to move immigration reform forward. but i've also seen unprecedented vocal support from republicans on immigration reform. i have stood with them in san antonio and in chicago, and across this country with a good men and women from the republican party who are for comprehensive immigration reform, and care deeply about fixing our broken immigration. i have also note about a third of other republicans in the house support serious immigration reform and legislature. i will introduce our speakers at the beginning and then recognize each one of them for four minutes to talk initially about where we're at on immigration reform and where we're headed. then i will post a few quest
reid and the majority leader, all that hard work goes to nothing unless we in the house get a bill to cross the finish line. first of all, let me say the democrats and house are more unified than ever to pass an immigration bill and have it signed by the president. everyone knows a bill is forthcoming to unify democrats perhaps this week are i will absolutely be signed on with him to show that democrats are pushing to move immigration reform forward. but i've also seen unprecedented vocal...
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and then ask senator harry reid to bring it up in front of the senate, probably on the basis of newness consent i think we could get the funding to you in a matter of hours. would you going to work with congress to do just that? >> as speed is because it's essential. >> as i said, senator, i believe that there are many essential pieces to what we do. >> have you made the point to the present how crucial it is that we maintain the sanctions and enforcement against iran? have you made a point to the president? >> i think that everyone knows it's essential we enforce sanctions with iran. i also think it's essential we make sure that israel peace and security is a firm through our budget. i also believe that it is essential that we can, in fact, talk with countries around the world about good governance and have credibility when we do so because our own system is working. so this is very complicated, and i defer to the bipartisan, bipartisanship up your to audibly solve the problem. you know how better to get that done that i. >> we are at an impasse to come and discussions aren't working v
and then ask senator harry reid to bring it up in front of the senate, probably on the basis of newness consent i think we could get the funding to you in a matter of hours. would you going to work with congress to do just that? >> as speed is because it's essential. >> as i said, senator, i believe that there are many essential pieces to what we do. >> have you made the point to the present how crucial it is that we maintain the sanctions and enforcement against iran? have...
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senate majority leader harry reid has said these measures are nonstarters in the senate. later this morning kentucky republican senator rand paul will be hosting a coffee with his colleagues to try to find common ground. we will have a came at that meeting and we will bring you footage later in our program schedule. the house is in at 10 a.m. eastern today live on c-span. you can see the senate right here beginning at 10:30 a.m. today on c-span2. we have a facebook poll up about the current situation. the question, who do you think is responsible for the current fiscal stalemate? over 15,000 have responded so far and you can add your voice to the poll and leave your thoughts and comments at facebook.com/cspan. >> this is the striking john f. kennedy library. this, of course, is the controversial building and a controversial decision. john f. kennedy had made a decision to locate his presidential library at harvard how and when he was alive poverty didn't dispute that ended very much wanted a documentary archives they are related to the kennedy presidency. a number of pres
senate majority leader harry reid has said these measures are nonstarters in the senate. later this morning kentucky republican senator rand paul will be hosting a coffee with his colleagues to try to find common ground. we will have a came at that meeting and we will bring you footage later in our program schedule. the house is in at 10 a.m. eastern today live on c-span. you can see the senate right here beginning at 10:30 a.m. today on c-span2. we have a facebook poll up about the current...
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governmen majority leader harry reid insist on the shutdown that we will have a shot down but that is sid irresponsible course of action if the house ofntin representativeouse baxter night, i believe the senate should come backe, immediately to pass the continuing resolution or whatever the housern passes ry m the other good faith effort to keep the government rending and to redress the trade wreck of obamacare. i hope this body begins to listen to the people. thank you madam president. current government thuggee expired one hour 10 minutes ago and a partial government shutdown has begun. soviets office of the trip in budget sent a memo said to execute pleiads 48 orderly shutdown. not to mention continue to watch with the house is doing live on c-span tonight. earlier today education secretary hardy duncan talks about the education challenges it like he hopes to accomplish in his second term and also the potential for the government shut down. this is what our. >> [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. i am a reporter for bloomberg news int
governmen majority leader harry reid insist on the shutdown that we will have a shot down but that is sid irresponsible course of action if the house ofntin representativeouse baxter night, i believe the senate should come backe, immediately to pass the continuing resolution or whatever the housern passes ry m the other good faith effort to keep the government rending and to redress the trade wreck of obamacare. i hope this body begins to listen to the people. thank you madam president. current...
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reid to bring that up in front of the senate probably on the basis of unanimous consent. i think we could get that funding to in a matter of hours. would you be willing to work with congress to do just that? because it's essential. >> as i said senator i believe that there are many essential pieces to what we do. >> have you made a point to the president how crucial it is to make sure we maintain the sanctions and can enforce them against iran? have you made a point to the president? >> i think everyone knows it's essential we enforce things with iran and i believe it's essential that we make sure israel's peace and security it is affirmed their budget. i also believe it's essential that we can in fact talk with countries around the world about good governance and have credibility when we do so because their own system is working. this is very complicated and i differ to the bipartisan -- bipartisanship appear to ultimately solve the problem. you know better how to get that that i do. >> obviously we are at an impasse and discussions are working well. i certainly didn't w
reid to bring that up in front of the senate probably on the basis of unanimous consent. i think we could get that funding to in a matter of hours. would you be willing to work with congress to do just that? because it's essential. >> as i said senator i believe that there are many essential pieces to what we do. >> have you made a point to the president how crucial it is to make sure we maintain the sanctions and can enforce them against iran? have you made a point to the...